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>> reporter: publicly funded privately run more parents are choosing charter schools over conventional public classrooms. >> charter schools come about from parents who demand a better school for their kids. >> reporter: last year they grew almost 10% nationwide. in los angeles one out of every ten students now attend a charter school. teachers like megan say compared to l.a. unified her charter school demands more. >> high expectations, accountability and collaborati collaboration. here at this...

From the president to the vice president supported by the military, because everybody has to recognize it is the military now that holds all of the cards on the table, and they have to support any transition, whatever it is. the military convene today to say we support the news, we support whats coming and the chairman of the joint chiefs went to the administrators and told them you are going to hear good news, demands will be accepted. that mean that they recognize that those guys in the street...

Choice is not a problem. i completely embrace the idea that our kids will be learning a foreign language. i myself speak spanish and japanese. its not a problem with arabic much its a problem about it being mandatory. its a problem with -- about the parents not being involved in the process. and we -- we, perhaps, take some of that blame. but the power resides in the people. not in these administrators and not in the federal government. and i think that to the degree that we sometimes are on aut...

Accountability level that starts at the federal government. theres so much weighted percentage with ayp and the api at the state level, that teachers and administrators have to take things off the plate and prioritize. what gets prioritized is english, language, arts and math, which contradicts all of the stem initiatives that the president is trying to invigorate across the nation. >> dean, the president called for a sputnik moment, alluding to how the u.s. space program fell behind in the 50s ...

Out there. you know, in front of people. what youre doing to help put our name out there creates awareness that, you know, what were going to help these other athletes and we definitely know that theres a need for what we do. you know, one of the things that we need is to make sure that the football community is able to rally around this. and in our experience, these young men get a little bit of help the first six months to a year. after that, it dwindles down. >> what kind of help? >> well, we...

Would have to say 80/20. a lot of it is outrage across ethnicitys. i will say there is an element that believes again what the governor believes, that the hiring of people of color is somehow a quota and that they dont have the merits. a lot of those cabinet positions because one of the arguments that is being used is that there is a small pool of african-americans or other people of color who would fit his ideology but a lot of those cabinet positions are administrators. theyre not political. i...

Hopefully we will not have to take this course of action filing a lawsuit. >> what is the public reaction to this story in ohio? is there outrage or are you getting feedback? >> its been mixed, ed, but i would have to say 80/20. a lot of it is outrage across ethnicitys. i will say there is an element that believes again what the governor believes, that the hiring of people of color is somehow a quota and that they dont have the merits. a lot of those cabinet positions because one of the argument...

20 minutes past the hour. checking top stories for you. a show of support for protesters in egypt. this one taking place on the streets of canada. egyptian-americans in montreal and ottawa took to the streets friday in first of two days of solidarity protests. another day of protests is planned for today. the wife of a u.s. army colonel is under arrest today on disturbing charges. she is accused of shooting and killing their two teen children. allegedly, because they "mouthed off to her." shes...

Should she have talked about this to other parents instead of going directly to the parents and do her administrators? probably not. probably not the best idea. but what i hate is that this teacher has been suspended. i mean, we all need to calm down here and recognize that were just trying to stay safe and keep our kids out of harms way. >> the father of the accused bully now says that his son is actually also a victim of bullying, and i guess it highlights what we often hear from schools and e...

This is a complex issue. the teacher claims she was acting out of concern for the safety of her students. the school says she should have followed the procedures they had in place. what do you make of it? >> well, obviously, this is an emotional issue, especially right now on the heels of whats happened in arizona, as far back as columbine. we have the virginia tech situation. i think sometimes people do get emotional in these situations. think about it on -- in the alternative, anderson. if she...